Drives - Windows Vista

Optical
drive type
Read CD
and DVD-
ROM
media
Write to
CD-RW
media
Write to
DVD±RW/
R media
Write to
DVD+R DL
media
Write label
to
LightScrib
e CD or
DVD±RW/
R
Write to
DVD-RAM
media
Read Blu-
ray DVD-
ROM
media
Write to HD
DVD media
Double-
Layer
support
Blu-ray
Disc ROM
with
SuperMulti
DVD±R/
RW
Double-
Layer
Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
NOTE: Some of the optical drives listed may not be supported by your computer. The listed drives are not
necessarily all of the supported optical drives.
CAUTION: To prevent possible audio and video degradation, loss of information, or loss of audio or
video playback functionality, do not initiate Sleep or Hibernation while reading or writing to a CD or DVD.
To prevent loss of information, do not initiate Sleep or Hibernation when writing to a CD or DVD.
If Sleep or Hibernation is initiated during playback of a disc, you may experience the following behaviors:
●
Your playback may be interrupted.
●
You may see a warning message asking if you want to continue. If this message is displayed, click
No.
●
You may need to restart the CD or DVD to resume audio and video playback.
4 Chapter 3 Using an optical drive